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"pgillet" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Hi guy,
> I wanna to know the limit of a 3750 as a area border router : how many
> areas can it support without CPU problems when a topology change
> appears

the bad news - you probably dont want to hear this but - it depends.

CPU load in steady state depends on the size of each area (routes, router
number and types of routers) and background processing need (number of
areas, neighbours and hello timers).

topology change load depends on size of an area, size of the "hit", amount
of change that goes across the area boundary.

there is also a big scaling factor where a major change replicates through
the number of alternate paths thru an area - the effect depends on where a
device is in the area and scales by some power of the number of loops.

the other obvious Q is what do you mean by CPU "problems" - the limit
depends on what else the box has to do....

the good news is that IOS has some OSPF control timers that limit the CPU
load by limiting the number of dykstras that can occur. The timers use
exponential backoff if you get flapping links and other recurring topology
changes to limit the damage.

however - pushing the limits on something like this is a real bad idea,
since the 1st thing that happens if you get well past the "edge" is an
unstable network.

If you build it right initially, but the convergence time starts to degrade,
you are getting close to the limits somewhere - probably in an ABR.

so - minimise the number of areas on a box, and keep the area design clean,
using aggregation at ABRs, and limit the use of ASBRs. virtual links are
generally a bad idea as well.

if you have the choice use more powerful boxes as ABRs, or where the router
needs to handle lots of neighbours.

finally - once it is up and running, test it by causing big topology changes
and make sure it is stable.

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On 21 avr, 01:19, "stephen" <> wrote:
> "pgillet" <> wrote in message
>
> news:...
>
> > Hi guy,
> > I wanna to know the limit of a3750as a area border router : how many
> > areas can it support without CPU problems when a topology change
> > appears
>
> the bad news - you probably dont want to hear this but - it depends.
>
> CPU load in steady state depends on the size of each area (routes, router
> number and types of routers) and background processing need (number of
> areas, neighbours and hello timers).
>
> topology change load depends on size of an area, size of the "hit", amount
> of change that goes across the area boundary.
>
> there is also a big scaling factor where a major change replicates through
> the number of alternate paths thru an area - the effect depends on where a
> device is in the area and scales by some power of the number of loops.
>
> the other obvious Q is what do you mean by CPU "problems" - the limit
> depends on what else the box has to do....
>
> the good news is that IOS has some OSPF control timers that limit the CPU
> load by limiting the number of dykstras that can occur. The timers use
> exponential backoff if you get flapping links and other recurring topology
> changes to limit the damage.
>
> however - pushing the limits on something like this is a real bad idea,
> since the 1st thing that happens if you get well past the "edge" is an
> unstable network.
>
> If you build it right initially, but the convergence time starts to degrade,
> you are getting close to the limits somewhere - probably in an ABR.
>
> so - minimise the number of areas on a box, and keep the area design clean,
> using aggregation at ABRs, and limit the use of ASBRs. virtual links are
> generally a bad idea as well.
>
> if you have the choice use more powerful boxes as ABRs, or where the router
> needs to handle lots of neighbours.
>
> finally - once it is up and running, test it by causing big topology changes
> and make sure it is stable.
>
> have a look at:http://www.cisco.com/application/pdf/en/us/guest/netsol/ns432/c649/cc...
>
>
>
> --
> Regards
>
> - replace xyz with ntl

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